[ale] OT - Best Auto GPS

[Ken Cochran]

Consumer Reports reviewed them a few months ago.
I got my dad a Garmin Nuvi 1490 (or 1590?) LMT (lifetime maps
& traffic) for Christmas & he & we really like it.  As much
a luddite as he is, that's something. :)  My vehicle & one of
his have factory GPS but updates for them are hugely expensive
(on the order of $250 or so) - even more than a very nice
entirely new standalone GPS.  And the Garmin is much easier to
use anyway.  IIRC from the above review, TomTom were good too,
as well as a couple of others.  I'm pretty sure I'll never go
for a carmaker's GPS option again.

I've found a good place to shop for these things in The GPSStore (.com).

-kc

> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:46:05 -0400
> From: "Lightner, Jeff" <jlightner at water.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: [ale] OT - Best Auto GPS
>
> My neighbors who are senior citizens are considering getting a GPS for
> their car and have asked if I'd be willing to help them pick one.
>
> Since my own GPS is a factory installed in-dash one I don't have any
> opinions on the ones that one buys and would like some.   Of course I
> know that Garmin and others exists but not much more than that.
>
> >From things I know and I've heard I'm thinking some of what would be
> necessary:
>
> 1)       Easy to use - These people aren't technical.    It needs to be
> easy to input destinations and also easy to get updates loaded.
>
> 2)       Large display and/or audible turn information - I don't really
> know how good their eyesight is but given that they're older I'm
> thinking this would be helpful.
>
> 3)       Reasonable price for updates.  =20
>
> Of course any other factors one cares to mention would be welcome.